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Revisiting the story of Clementine Barnabet, a Black woman blamed for serial murders in the Jim Crow South

In April 1912, a young Black woman named Clementine Barnabet confessed to murdering four families in and around Lafayette, Louisiana. The widespread news coverage at the time effectively branded her a serial killer.

The Conversation

'Jim Crow 2.0': All about racial segregation laws and why Schumer linked them to SAVE Act | Explained

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer recently described the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act as “nothing more than Jim Crow 2.0,” arguing that the proposal would “disenfranchise millions of Americans.”

The Times of India

The five best films of 2025 – according to experts

In no particular order, here are The Conversation’s top five films of 2025 as reviewed by our experts.

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The Forgotten Classical Liberal Who Fought Jim Crow and Championed Immigration

Remembering the legacy of a principled legal activist.

Reason

Jasmine Crockett says GOP has lost minds over ‘locked doors’, ‘permission slips’, and ‘police escorts’

Things are still tense in Austin, Texas.

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‘It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner’ − and their views on race reflect that

Historian Nell Painter remarked in 2011, “Being white these days isn’t what it used to be.”

The Conversation

Jim Crow 2.0: The False Promise of DEI in the Advertising Industry Is a Crisis That Demands Immediate Action

According to Nielsen's 2025 Diverse Intelligence Series, Black Americans' buying power reached $1.8 trillion in 2024, and in 2025 it has soared to approximately $2.1 trillion, a staggering 2.4-fold increase since 2000.

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8 Forgotten Black Comic Book Heroes You Should Know About

One of the breakout stars of the new Superman film is the character Mr. Terrific. Even though the character has been in the comics since 1997, most casual fans have never heard of him. Now, casual and hardcore comic book fans are raving about Mr. Terrific, one of many unsung…

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“Can You Spot The Tricks?” Find Out If You Can Take This Jim Crow-Era Literacy Test Without Failing

This is Part 2 of our 1960s Voter Eligibility Literacy quiz. Every question you’ll face here is pulled directly from the historic events surrounding the 1964 Louisiana Literacy Test. This trial was known as a “voter qualification” exam - used during the Jim Crow era to suppress the voting rights…

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Senate, House NDAAs address Confederate military names - Roll Call

The House and Senate are poised to consider switching back to some of the names of military bases that the Trump administration reversed.

Roll Call

Silver Age Icons: The Most Valuable Comic Books of the 1960s

Some of the most valuable comic books of the 1960s were the inspirations for the billion-dollar comic book movies we all love now. This was the Silver Age of comic books. Comic book characters like Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and the Avengers made their debut during this era.

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10 Reasons Why Black Comic Characters Are Rising To The Top

In 2025, the world is craving representation, and not for its own sake. For almost a century, the template for a superhero was a white male or a white person in general. That was not a happy accident; that template was the result of race politics. (More on that later.)…

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The Waldorf Astoria: what the history of this legendary hotel says about today’s crisis of the American establishment

After eight years of renovations, the Waldorf Astoria in New York has reopened and is welcoming new guests. The Waldorf – as most people know it – introduced room service, velvet ropes, red-velvet cake and Thousand Island dressing. It gave its name to a salad, a chain of lunchrooms, as…

The Conversation

Gavin Newsom thought he could steamroll California Democrats over housing, but they just compared him to Jim Crow instead

Democrats bite back.

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Fox News rages that Whoopi Goldberg’s Iran take is ‘as racist as anything’ they’ve ever heard

‘This is not Jim Crow, this is not slavery, and to be making those kinds of comparisons is despicable,’ Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner fumed on Thursday.

The Conversation

The use of federal troops to quell Los Angeles protests recalls militarized law enforcement during the Civil Rights Movement

President Donald Trump activated 4,000 National Guard troops on June 10, 2025, to quell protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids – without the normal request from the state. He has also sent to Los Angeles hundreds of U.S. Marines, with the goal of protecting the unprecedented deportation operations by…

The Texas Tribune

Texas lawmakers laid the foundation for a housing boom. Here’s how.

The Legislature passed laws allowing smaller homes on smaller lots and making it harder for neighbors to block new housing.

The Conversation

Bingeable comedy, a Jim Crow-era vampire thriller and William Morris mania – what to watch, read and do this week

I recently bought a Now TV subscription because we are in prime prestige TV season and I needed it to watch The White Lotus and The Last of Us. Deep into those big, confronting shows (which are brilliant but, let’s be honest, a lot), I was looking for something that…

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Sinners: how real stories of Irish and Choctaw oppression inform the film

Warning: this article contains minor spoilers for Sinners.

The Guardian - US

Sinners is a horror film about the highs and lows of the Black experience

Ryan Coogler’s wildly ambitious period vampire movie is set around the great migration and uses supernatural and real-life horrors to smartly make its point

Euronews

Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Sinners' - These vampires want the blues

Ryan Coogler returns with his most ambitious project yet - a Jim Crow period drama doubling up as a vampire horror that's thrilling and allegorically layered. It's the best film of 2025 so far.

Salon

History has the answer to Trump's future

To fight Trump's vision of the future, turn to the history he wants to erase

Total Film

Black Panther director’s new vampire horror movie starring Michael B. Jordan debuts to fang-tastic 100% Rotten Tomatoes score

The first set of reviews for Sinners are in

Salon

MAGA is the pushback to public education

Dr. Derek Black: "We as a society will not find our educational promised land anywhere but in our public schools"

Salon

Literacy crisis becomes democracy crisis

Legal scholar Derek Black: America's schools are being targeted by Trump in a way that fuels autocratic populism

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